Lewis County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Lewis County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lewis County and Morgan County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgan County has the higher population (17,327 vs 16,808 in Lewis County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($63,805 vs $52,279 in Lewis County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $135,800 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Morgan County
Population	16,808	17,327
Median age	43.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$63,805
Median home value	$135,800	$223,100
Median gross rent	$737	$832
Housing units	8,188	9,182
Homeownership rate	70.7%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Morgan County
Population	16,166 → 16,808 (+4.0%)	17,709 → 17,327 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$39,908 → $52,279 (+31.0%)	$51,745 → $63,805 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $135,800 (+30.3%)	$183,200 → $223,100 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $737 (+13.7%)	$732 → $832 (+13.7%)

Lewis County

Population

16,16616,808

Median household income

$39,908$52,279

Median home value

$104,200$135,800

Median gross rent

$648$737

Morgan County

Population

17,70917,327

Median household income

$51,745$63,805

Median home value

$183,200$223,100

Median gross rent

$732$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	15.2%
75 and over	8.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Morgan County
Drove alone	78.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.7%
Other means	6.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	19.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1977	1984